The
department will make available
limited financial support for graduate student participation in
professional
conferences as paper-presenters, depending on available resources.The amount of money made available each year
will be determined by the department chair in August.The following guidelines apply:

1.General
Travel Funding Policies:Because money
available for student travel
is limited, students should
not expect department funding to cover the full cost of conference
attendance.While students are not
limited in the number of conferences they may attend or papers they may
present, they can generally expect to receive department funding for
only one
conference per academic year.

2.
Funding
Requirements:Only academically
significant papers will
qualify for department funding, as certified by the signature of the
student’s
committee chair on the application form.If
no committee has been formed, the
Graduate Program Director must
certify academic significance.Students
must appear on the program of at least one panel as a paper presenter
to
apply.All students requesting
department funding are also required to apply to the Graduate Student
Senate
(all graduate students) and Graduate College (ABD only) for funding.Attach a copy of the funding request to the
departmental submission.

The following departmental
conferences
qualify for department funding:

3.Distribution
of Money: Decisions on
funding are made by the
Department Chair in consultation with the Graduate Program Director.
The award
amount will depend on the following factors:(a) department budget, (b)
quality
of student’s paper, (c) number of students applying, (d) cost of trip.

The Application Process

1.To
apply for financial support, applicants must submit a completed Student
Request for Conference Funding form to the department chair a
minimum of
two weeks before travel.This form is
available from the department staff.

2.The
application form should be accompanied by a copy of the acceptance
letter from
a representative of the conference you are attending and a draft of the
conference paper.

3.To
receive departmental support, the student must make a practice
presentation
prior to conference attendance. The Graduate Program Director, or
designee,
will assist the student in setting up the departmental presentation.

4.No later than seven days after the
conference, the student must turn in
to the department chair the following items:

–A
copy of the final paper
–Copies of all travel receipts–A
completed Request for
Travel
Reimbursement form (available from the department staff)